HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6541
פַּרְסָה
par.sah — hoof
1) hoof 1a) of ruminants 1b) of horses (undivided hooves)
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Hoof
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6471
פַּ֫עַם
pa.am — beat
1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep 1b) anvil 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another
107 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6119
עָקֵב
a.qev — heel
1) heel, rear, footprint, hinder part, hoof, rear of a troop, footstep 1a) heel 1b) mark of heel, footprint 1c) hinder part, rear
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6536
פָּרַס
pa.ras — to divide
1) to divide, break in two 1a) (Qal) to break, break up 1b) (Hiphil) to be divided (of hoofs) Aramaic equivalent: pe.ras (פְּרַס "to divide" H6537A)
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8161
שַׁעֲטָה
sha.a.tah — stamping
stamping (of hoofs), crushing noise
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8050
κολάπτω
kolaptō — to chisel
1. of birds, to peck at , [Refs 2nd c.AD, variant datesAnthology Palantina:—;of Pegasus, to strike the ground with his hoof, [variant datesAnthology Palantina 2. to carve or chisel , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8521
ὄνυξ
onux — a claw
1. Lat. unguis, in (Homer) only in plural of the eagle's talons;—; of human beings, a nail , (Hesiod), attic:—;of horses and oxen, a hoof , (Xenophon Historicus)—;Special phrases, εἰς ἄκρους τοὺς ὄνυχας ἀφίκετο (i.e. ὁ οἶνος); warmed me to my fingers' ends , (Euripides); ὄνυχας ἐπ᾽ ἄκρους στάς on tiptoe , Lat. summis digitis, (Euripides); ἐξ ἁπαλῶν ὀνύχων from childhood, (Horace) de tenero ungui , [variant datesAnthology Palantina; ὀδοῦσι καὶ ὄνυξι, i. e. in every possible way, (Lucian) 2. a veined gem, onyx , (Lucian) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8535
ὁπλή
hoplē — a hoof
a hoof, the solid hoof of the horse and ass, (Iliad by Homer), attic:—;after (Homer), like χηλή, the cloven hoof of horned cattle, (Homeric Hymns), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9722
χηλή
chēlē — a claw
1. a horse's hoof , (Hesiod):—;also, a cloven hoof , (Euripides) 2. in plural, of the talons of a bird, [variant datesTragica Adespota; of a wolf's claws , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) 3. a sea-bank, breakwater , formed of stones laid at the base of a sea-wall, to break the force of the waves (so called because it projected like a hoof) , Lat. crepido, (Thucydides) 4. the spur of a mountain or ridge of rocks answering a like purpose, (Thucydides) 5. a cloven implement , such as a netting-needle;—; compare χηλεύω. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
A cleft hoof as of neat cattle (Ex. 10:26; Ezek. 32:13); hence also of the horse, though not cloven (Isa. 5:28). The “parting of the hoof” is one of the distinctions between clean and unclean animals (Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:7).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.